BWJones
@bwjones.bsky.social
Bryan William Jones
Neuroscientist
Vision Neuroscientist
Connectomics / VolumeEM
Photographer / #Leica
Professing at Pitt
In the data
bryanwjones.com
ORCID 0000-0001-5527-6643
Neuroscientist
Vision Neuroscientist
Connectomics / VolumeEM
Photographer / #Leica
Professing at Pitt
In the data
bryanwjones.com
ORCID 0000-0001-5527-6643
The Russians are notorious for injecting sedatives in people to “control” situations.
One case was recorded on video where a mother of one of the Kursk’s sailors was injected and removed from the room after she became unconscious.
One case was recorded on video where a mother of one of the Kursk’s sailors was injected and removed from the room after she became unconscious.
Russia's liberal opposition Yabloko party said that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station on Saturday, the second day of a tightly controlled parliamentary election. https://to.pbs.org/3TdCGUc
Russian election observer loses consciousness during arrest by police, opposition party says
The three-day election, which began Friday and ends Sunday, features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance.
to.pbs.org
September 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The Russians are notorious for injecting sedatives in people to “control” situations.
One case was recorded on video where a mother of one of the Kursk’s sailors was injected and removed from the room after she became unconscious.
One case was recorded on video where a mother of one of the Kursk’s sailors was injected and removed from the room after she became unconscious.
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It's International Observe the Moon Night. Lots of ways to do it, and you're invited. Good for the soul. Bonus observation technique: Think of someone you love who's looking, too.
www.nasa.gov
www.nasa.gov
September 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
It's International Observe the Moon Night. Lots of ways to do it, and you're invited. Good for the soul. Bonus observation technique: Think of someone you love who's looking, too.
www.nasa.gov
www.nasa.gov
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Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms:
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
September 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms:
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
*Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef.
*Terrible polling for Rs, Trump
*Etc Etc Etc
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Innocent civilians are being murdered with dirt-cheap and essentially impossible to ban tiny flying robots at shocking numbers globally (read our piece below).
We have REAL, CURRENT cyberpunk horrors to deal with right now, and we don’t need to waste our time on hypothetical AI basilisks.
We have REAL, CURRENT cyberpunk horrors to deal with right now, and we don’t need to waste our time on hypothetical AI basilisks.
It’s people - not AI systems - who are choosing to murder civilians with small drones at ever escalating rates around the world, as I recently wrote about with Yale’s Nathaniel Raymond for @foreignpolicy.com:
September 19, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Innocent civilians are being murdered with dirt-cheap and essentially impossible to ban tiny flying robots at shocking numbers globally (read our piece below).
We have REAL, CURRENT cyberpunk horrors to deal with right now, and we don’t need to waste our time on hypothetical AI basilisks.
We have REAL, CURRENT cyberpunk horrors to deal with right now, and we don’t need to waste our time on hypothetical AI basilisks.
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Photo of the Day by @Tadhg
September 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Photo of the Day by @Tadhg
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Maybe it's just easier to have a fight over banning members of the press from the White House than it is to deal with the many other things weighing down the administration.
In my 30+ years reporting, hostility to the press often is inversely proportional to how badly things are going for the pol.
In my 30+ years reporting, hostility to the press often is inversely proportional to how badly things are going for the pol.
September 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Maybe it's just easier to have a fight over banning members of the press from the White House than it is to deal with the many other things weighing down the administration.
In my 30+ years reporting, hostility to the press often is inversely proportional to how badly things are going for the pol.
In my 30+ years reporting, hostility to the press often is inversely proportional to how badly things are going for the pol.
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The 1875 explosion of the Askja caldera deposited vast quantities of pumice over much of eastern Iceland, evident in many areas. We drove through a huge desert of pumice to reach Askja. Utterly amazing! This ia a small pool covered with fragments of floating golden pumice.
September 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The 1875 explosion of the Askja caldera deposited vast quantities of pumice over much of eastern Iceland, evident in many areas. We drove through a huge desert of pumice to reach Askja. Utterly amazing! This ia a small pool covered with fragments of floating golden pumice.
Helsinki main train station.
September 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Helsinki main train station.
Oooof.
I’ll fly to Copenhagen tomorrow to straighten this out.
I’ll fly to Copenhagen tomorrow to straighten this out.
September 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Oooof.
I’ll fly to Copenhagen tomorrow to straighten this out.
I’ll fly to Copenhagen tomorrow to straighten this out.
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I love this photo! It's not every day that my son displays affective touch...🤣
The look of someone who woke up to good news!
In 2021, Ardem Patapoutian got an early morning shock after learning he received the medicine prize. Here he is a little bit later, watching the press conference with his son, Luca.
Who will wake up to good news this year?
Photo: Nancy Hong
In 2021, Ardem Patapoutian got an early morning shock after learning he received the medicine prize. Here he is a little bit later, watching the press conference with his son, Luca.
Who will wake up to good news this year?
Photo: Nancy Hong
September 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I love this photo! It's not every day that my son displays affective touch...🤣
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From Nora Nevala at @retinalogy.bsky.social
I happened to notice this synchronicity during one of the sessions in Helsinki Vision… it’s @samerhattar.bsky.social and @bwjones.bsky.social
I happened to notice this synchronicity during one of the sessions in Helsinki Vision… it’s @samerhattar.bsky.social and @bwjones.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 12:41 PM
From Nora Nevala at @retinalogy.bsky.social
I happened to notice this synchronicity during one of the sessions in Helsinki Vision… it’s @samerhattar.bsky.social and @bwjones.bsky.social
I happened to notice this synchronicity during one of the sessions in Helsinki Vision… it’s @samerhattar.bsky.social and @bwjones.bsky.social
Again, you can’t go to any vision research conference, anywhere in the world without seeing @webvision.bsky.social content.
This one is at the Helsinki Vision conference.
This one is at the Helsinki Vision conference.
September 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Again, you can’t go to any vision research conference, anywhere in the world without seeing @webvision.bsky.social content.
This one is at the Helsinki Vision conference.
This one is at the Helsinki Vision conference.
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The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.
apnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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If you're a fed apprehensive about the direction of USWDS, here's a place you can voice your concerns
Some communication please · uswds uswds · Discussion #6930
As someone (like many others) who rely on USWDS for their government sites some communication would be really appreciated. Community noticed a number of committers were pushed out and a lot of AI g...
github.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:13 AM
If you're a fed apprehensive about the direction of USWDS, here's a place you can voice your concerns
My hope is that the referees have access to the original data files.
Questions about the recently announced Small World in Motion winner @healthcare.nikon.com
What in the world am I looking at here? @Nikon? www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
September 18, 2026 at 7:17 AM
My hope is that the referees have access to the original data files.
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"To his core, a paratrooper": Army veteran Sean Michael Lee, who served in two wars and in civilian life assisted in evacuating a gravely wounded reporter from Ukraine, died this week after a reported battle with cancer linked to burn pit exposure. (from @chadgarland.bsky.social)
Paratrooper ‘to his core’: Army vet who helped get injured reporter out of Ukraine dies at 50
A retired Army paratrooper who served in two wars and assisted in evacuating a gravely wounded reporter in Ukraine has died from cancer.
www.stripes.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:39 AM
"To his core, a paratrooper": Army veteran Sean Michael Lee, who served in two wars and in civilian life assisted in evacuating a gravely wounded reporter from Ukraine, died this week after a reported battle with cancer linked to burn pit exposure. (from @chadgarland.bsky.social)
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Meanwhile, in September in Oregon
Isn't the basalt formation around Warm Springs falls cool?
Isn't the basalt formation around Warm Springs falls cool?
I was so into my camping situation yesterday, I forgot #Waterfall day!
So here is a grab bag of sights from today's hikes!
#Hiking #Nature #PNW #Forests
So here is a grab bag of sights from today's hikes!
#Hiking #Nature #PNW #Forests
September 18, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Meanwhile, in September in Oregon
Isn't the basalt formation around Warm Springs falls cool?
Isn't the basalt formation around Warm Springs falls cool?
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I am excited to announce that I will start the Brain Origins Lab at the Crick in March 2027! Using acoels as a model system, the lab will study how animal brains evolve, and how innovations in brain organisation enable new computational abilities and the evolution of complex behaviour.
We’re excited to announce five new group leaders will join the Crick in the coming months.
Welcome to Katya Osipova, @joshuabull.bsky.social, @vchandra.bsky.social, @sami-c.bsky.social and James Cranley, whose specialties range from artificial intelligence to cell biology.
https://bit.ly/3SPC6vJ
Welcome to Katya Osipova, @joshuabull.bsky.social, @vchandra.bsky.social, @sami-c.bsky.social and James Cranley, whose specialties range from artificial intelligence to cell biology.
https://bit.ly/3SPC6vJ
Five new group leaders to launch ambitious research programmes at the Crick
The Francis Crick Institute has announced the researchers selected to establish new labs at the institute, following an international recruitment round that attracted a record number of applications.
bit.ly
September 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I am excited to announce that I will start the Brain Origins Lab at the Crick in March 2027! Using acoels as a model system, the lab will study how animal brains evolve, and how innovations in brain organisation enable new computational abilities and the evolution of complex behaviour.
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My thanks to @chichilnisky.bsky.social for the photo during my talk.
September 17, 2026 at 11:55 AM
My thanks to @chichilnisky.bsky.social for the photo during my talk.
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Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
September 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Gas was $9.31/ us gallon last week in Italy, for those keeping score.
September 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Gas was $9.31/ us gallon last week in Italy, for those keeping score.